California's plastic bag ban aimed to reduce waste and increase recycling, but it hasn't exactly worked out as planned. What went wrong?
The new ordinance bans the distribution and sale of expanded polystyrene products, which are often colloquially referred to by the trade name Styrofoam.Used plastic utensils, full plastic water bottles, used tissues — these sorts of items are known as “contaminants in the recycling stream.” The worst offenders: plastic bags.
Feeding San Diego employee Raymond Diaz moves plastic-wrapped produce on a pallet jack in a warehouse.But it’s still the case that to comply with state law, HDPE plastic bags must be recyclable in the state of California. State Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said in November that his office was launching an investigation into whether that requirement is being met.
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